Vine Your Startup's Mission For a Chance at Fame

Mashable is teaming with NowThisNews for a contest that challenges you to explain what your startup does and why anyone should care in a mere 6 seconds. We will choose five winners in the contest — the three most-shared and two wild card picks. The grand prize winner will get face time with a partner at Lerer Ventures and be featured in a post on Mashable produced by NTN.

Entrants in the contest, which will run through South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi), will be judged primarily on two factors: How well they get the pitch across and how creatively they do so. Meanwhile, spreading the word is up to you. Just use the hashtag #6secondpitch and get your tweeps to retweet it. We'll be closely watching that hashtag and will choose the five finalists on March 10. The grand prize winner will be announced a few days later.

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